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Joseph Jekyll, Autograph Letter Signed to J.V. Lee Politician and wit. One page, 4to. He makes a proposal in what seems to be a legal case involving a "Mr J. Lockwood" and Jekyll's nephew, for whom he is taking the "Responsibility of all Risque". |
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Lancelot Shadwell Autograph Note Signed, one page, 8vo, to an unnamed correspondent Vice-Chancellor (1779-1850). Laid down. He acknowledges receipt of a letter, but is obliged to leave that part of the country. |
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Leonard Huxley Autograph Note Signed, one page, 4to, to D. Christie Tait Biologist and poet (1860-1933). He accepts with pleasure the invitation to preside at the next Conway Memorial Lecture, and wonders when Tait would like a copy of his introductory remarks. |
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Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Autograph Note Signed to "My dear B." Admiral, 8vo. He hadn't the heart to wake him when he called but could send what he had offered. |
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Lord Burnham (Edward Levy-Lawson) Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to "Admiral" (Sir John Fisher) Edward Levy-Lawson, Newspaper proprietor (1833-1916). He describes a variety of physical ailments to which he is prey but concludes that "My suffering has not diminished my belief in one popularly known as 'Jack Fisher'. . .". Burnham's relationship with Fisher is perhaps explained by his... |
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Lord Granville Somerset Autograph Letter Signed, 4pp., 8vo, to "Mr Payne" Statesman (1792-1848). He explains, as a Commissioner of Revenue and at length, why he cannot personally support someone's application for promotion in the Customs. He advises a direct application to the Board of Customs. |
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(Sir James Scarlett, Lord Abinger, judge) Draft Statement about Memorial to George Canning. Additions and corrections, some staining not obscurring the text. It commences "The Noblemen and Gentlemen whose names are undersigned", going on to describe Canning's role in estblishing peace and the "dignity and safety of the Empire" and popular desire for recognition of his work and a... |
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A Member of the Bibliographical Society The Colonel Mark Wilks and Sir Tollemache Sinclair Napoleon Collection Privately Printed. 50pp., 4to, grey wraps, sl. sunned, mainly vg. |
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Achille Fould, French statesman and financier 8vo. In French, expressing pleasure at an invitation from the Lord Mayor of London, and accepting. |
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Alexander Bain, Scottish psychologist and educationalist 2pp., 8vo. Compliments Alexander's "polemic with Mill on the question of 'Liberty and Necessity'"" and promises a review ("some public form"). |
£100.00 |
